Norwegian Newspaper Wonders if Carlsen Is Going to Shake Hands With Putin

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The president of Norwegian Chess Federation Joran Aulin-Jansson commented on the announcement made by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov according to which the world championship match Carlsen - Anand will be held in SOchi, Russia. 

Norwegian website nrk.no reports that the Norwegian embassy in New Delhi will be helping Magnus Carlsen as during the preparations for the World Championship match against Vishy Anand, so throughout the match.

Magnus Carlsen will decide to play the World championship match or not only after the Sinquefield Cup which is approximately September 8. This has been reported by nrk.no with the reference to Espen Agdestein, Magnus's manager.

Norwegian newspaper VG reports Garry Kasparov is now in Oslo where he plans to celebrate his 50th birthday with his close relatives. According to the newspaper the 13th world champion is offered to resume training Magnus Carlsen in order to help him to win the World Championship Match against Vishy Anand.

Magnus Carlsen continues preparations for his world championship match against Vishy Anand. It's clear that a lot of attention is paid to physical exercises. The photos of bear-chested GM has been uploaded him on his Twitter page.

Magnus Carlsen and his manager are against "the deal under the table"

The visit by Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev is expected today in the Sochi Media Center; he might make the first symbolic move in the 11th game of the match. Besides, Dmitry Medvedev is going to attend the Dvorkovich Drawing Room where Sergey Karjakin and Ian Nepomniachtchi will be giving simuls to children. Please follow our updates.